Structure of human serum cholinesterase.
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Human cholinesterase has recently been sequenced and cloned. It is a glycoprotein of 4 identical subunits, each subunit containing 9 carbohydrate chains and 3.5 disuljide bonds. Protein folding is likely to be very similar in human cholinesterase and Torpedo acetylcholinesterase. The cholinesterases have no significant sequence homology with the serine proteases and seem to belong to a separate serine esterase family.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
دوره 9 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988